The Putnam County League is non-football athletic conference whose eight members are located within
Putnam County, Ohio
Putnam County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,451. Its county seat is Ottawa. The county was created in 1820 and later organized in 1834. Its name is in honor o ...
. The league is affiliated with the
Ohio High School Athletic Association
The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio. The OHSAA governs eligibility of student athletes, resolves disputes, organizes levels of compe ...
.
Members
At the junior high level, three more middle schools are added to the league:
* Glandorf Dragons
* Ottawa Titans
* Ottawa Sts. Peter and Paul Knights
Former member schools
*Belmore
*Blanchard Eagles (merged into Pandora-Gilboa in 1951)
*Cloverdale (merged into Ottoville in 1930)
*Crawfis College (merged into Blanchard
*Glandorf (merged into Ottawa-Glandorf)
*Ottawa (merged into Ottawa-Glandorf)
*Ottawa-Glandorf Titans (joined the
Western Buckeye League
Centered in Lima, Ohio, the Western Buckeye League is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio and includes schools in Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Hardin, Mercer, Putnam, and Van Wert counties. The league's school district boundarie ...
in the spring of 1967.
)
*Ottawa Public
*Ottawa SPPS
*Palmer (merged into Miller City in 1941)
*Pandora Fleetwings (merged into Pandora-Gilboa in 1951)
*Vaughnsville Vikings (merged into Columbus Grove in 1962)
Putnam County League Championships
League championship notes
*Golf champions were first determined in the fall of 1975.
*Boys basketball champions were first officially declared in 1934-35 with the exception of 1942-43 due to
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. The first Pandora High School boys basketball team won the first county title recorded, however it was before official declaration.
*Girls basketball champions were first officially declared in 1934-35 and 1935–36, but not officially again until 1973-74.
*Baseball champions were determined by division winners (West & East) in a title game from 1931-1942, 1946-1948, and 1953-1955. A league tournament was used from 1943-1945, 1949-1952, and 1956-1964. From 1965 on, they were determined by regular season PCL records.
See also
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Ohio High School Athletic Conferences
This is a list of high school athletic conferences in Ohio, separated by Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) region. Some conferences have schools in multiple regions, and will be listed in all applicable regions. However, the conference ...
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OHSAA Northwest Region athletic conferences
This is a list of high school athletic conferences in the Northwest Region of Ohio, as defined by the OHSAA. Because the names of localities and their corresponding high schools do not always match and because there is often a possibility of ambigu ...
References
{{Northwest Ohio High School Athletic Conferences
Ohio high school sports conferences